| The effect of losartan treatment on the response of diabetic cardiomyocytes to ATP depletion. | |
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PMID: 21078391 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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The present work aimed to investigate the effect of losartan treatment of healthy and diabetic rats on cardiomyocyte response to ATP depletion. Cells were isolated from normoglycemic (N) and streptozotocin-injected (55mg/kg) rats (D) treated or not treated with losartan (20mg/kg/day in the drinking water; NL and DL, respectively) for 3 weeks. In each group of cells, enzyme activities such as glucose-6-phosphate (G6PDH) and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenases (G3PDH), lactate/pyruvate, glycogen levels and citrate synthase were measured as an index of glycolytic dysregulation and mitochondrial mass, respectively. Cells were then challenged with NaCN (2mM) in glucose-free Tyrode solution (metabolic intoxication, MI), a protocol to study ischemia at cell level. Under these conditions, the time to contractile failure up to rigor-type hyper-contracture in field-stimulated cells and K(ATP) current activation by patch-clamp recordings were measured. In comparison with N and NL, D cells presented higher G6PDH and cytoplasmic G3PDH activities, lactate/pyruvate, glycogen content but similar levels of citrate synthase, and decay time of contraction. When subjected to MI, D cells showed delayed activation of the K(ATP) current (25.7±7.1min; p<0.001 vs. N and NL), increased time to contractile failure and rigor-type hyper-contracture (p<0.001 vs. N and NL). In cells from DL rats both functional (time to rigor and to K(ATP) current activation) and metabolic parameters, approached values similar to those measured in N and NL cells. These results demonstrate that diabetic cardiomyocytes from rats treated with losartan, maintain the capacity to respond promptly to ATP depletion reaching contractile failure, rigor-type hypercontracture and K(ATP) opening with a similar timing of N cells. |
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Chiara Alfarano; Silvia Suffredini; Ornella Fantappiè; Alessandro Mugelli; Elisabetta Cerbai; Maria Elena Manni; Laura Raimondi |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-11-13 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Pharmacological research : the official journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society Volume: 63 ISSN: 1096-1186 ISO Abbreviation: Pharmacol. Res. Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-02-07 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8907422 Medline TA: Pharmacol Res Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 225-32 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy. |
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